At this time, Essen hated the guy who instigated the Russian emperor to give up this Russian-class armored cruiser, and now, these two battleships have become the Japanese Asama and Yakumo, and the battleship that was supposed to be his flagship is frantically beating the current flagship, and it seems to be venting his dissatisfaction after being betrayed to his former master!

"Send a signal to the flagship, tell the Americans that we won't last long, an hour at most, and after an hour we'll either be burned or left behind." Essen let out a long sigh. The Russian officers and men of the Rurik fought back with all their might, but in the face of the roaring shells, the lives of the ships were finally fused with the broken hull. Only half an hour after the start of the war, the most vulnerable link of the Russian and American fleets is already showing signs of collapse!

Behind Rurik, the two Munich-class armored cruisers, the Bayan and the Parada, were much better than the fat man in front of them. Of course, if you want to fight back effectively, you have to forget it. It's just that they can resist it for the time being, thanks to the powerful 7-inch Bavarian hardened armor, the core armor boxes of these two battleships are still complete, and they can barely mess around on the battle line.

"The Germans' man-made warships are sturdy." Mayuki Akiyama, who was on the Yakumo, looked at the Bayan, which was covered in a rain of bullets in the distance but was still strong, and sighed in his heart, he now somewhat understood how the Japanese Navy felt when facing such a steel giant beast with a dome cruiser in the Battle of Daitogou. THE 227KG SHELLS AND 8-INCH SHELLS REPEATEDLY HIT THE BAYAN'S HULL LIKE HAMMERS, BUT EVEN SO, THE BATTLESHIP WAS ABLE TO HOLD ON FOR A SHORT TIME WITH THE 7-INCH ARMOR BELT.

However, the performance of the Bayan is like this, as the bulk of the pile output, the upgraded version of the 6-inch gun with a larger protective area and better defensive strength is almost equivalent to a burning stick, only the 11-inch main gun at the head and tail can be somewhat threatening, and the Bayan hit two main gun shells of the Nijin, one left a pit in the sidechord armor belt, and caused a slight dislocation of the armor plate. Another shell made a hole in the stern armor belt, causing a certain amount of water ingress, and a compartment could be used to keep fish.

And in this confrontation, the Bayan paid a greater price, the main armor belt and even the upper armor belt can resist the shelling from the opposite side, but the head and tail armor belts are definitely not good! Under the blows of the opponent's first-level and second-level main guns like a storm, the bow and tail armor belts of the Bayan have been damaged in many places, and the draft of the battleship has increased by nearly half a meter!

The Russian battleships that fought against the two Asama-class armored cruisers in front of them were almost crushed, but the Parada, which was in third place, not only persisted after the initial stormy blow, but also caused a little trouble for the other side.

The Japanese were a bit unlucky, the latter said that the Russians were a little lucky, an 11-inch shell hit the bow turret of the Nisshin, this shell failed to penetrate the heavy turret of the turret, but the violent impact caused the armor to deform, and then temporarily stuck the main turret in the bow! And because it is not the right one, the twin 10-inch guns in the stern have no firing range! Until the Nisshin adjustment is complete, the Parada will be in much better shape.

Just when the large capital ships of the two sides were fighting each other, more and more spectators also appeared in this sea area, and the British, who had radio contact with the Japanese, naturally did not let go of this opportunity to observe the world's largest naval battle, and under the leadership of the Far East Fleet's flagship Prestige, three British warships appeared on the battlefield in the Sulu Sea. And the French Bayard also came with the British. The German armored cruiser Hamburg also encountered this shocking battle while heading north. In the best position on the bridge, three top brass of the future German fleet were watching the fierce engagement in the distance.

"It seems that His Royal Highness the Prince's warship is about to sell again." Looking at the U.S. and Russian fleets in the distance, which were already gradually depleting, Hippert said with a smile. As a Bavarian, it is naturally clear to everyone who his so-called Royal Highness the Prince is. Six of the 12 main armored ships on both sides came from a design bureau, and the new and old generations of warships fought at sea, which is also a miracle in the history of the world's navies.

"Prince Ruprecht does have a unique point in the navy, and it would be much better if the Imperial Navy were under his command, but it is a pity that he is a Bavarian prince, not a Prussian prince." Count Spee said in his heart. But now is clearly not the time to discuss these sensitive political issues.

"The American fleet will not last long, and if nothing else, the Americans will collapse before the sun sets, and now there are at least 4 hours left before sunset, which is enough for the Japanese fleet to smash each other to pieces." Count Spee put down the telescope in his hand and said.

"But looking at the weather, there may be rain for a while, God wants to help the Americans, but whether they can escape depends on the ability of the Americans themselves, the only breakthrough at the moment is on the protective cruisers, the Americans have a theoretical advantage, but the chances are relatively slim. The New York and the Olympia will only be undefeated for the time being against an Izumo at the same time, and if they don't open up the situation before the avant-garde collapses, the American fleet will be finished! Scheer on the side still saw the situation quite accurately, in the previous one-on-one battle, the Americans were unable to break the situation at all, it would be good to be able to barely maintain it, and the only thing that could do something was the defender.

However, at this time, the situation of the New York and the Olympia was also very critical, and the Americans sadly found that an 8,500-ton and a 5,600-ton warship were still suffering a loss for a 12,000-ton loading cruise! AS A PIONEER OF BROOKLYN, THE NEW YORK HAD A BETTER SIDESTRING DEFENSE, WITH 100MM THICK NS ARMOR TO WITHSTAND HIGH-EXPLOSIVE SHELLS. But in the face of 8-inch and 10-inch guns, it is still useless.

ALTHOUGH THE TWO BATTLESHIPS DISPERSED THE IZUMO'S FIREPOWER, BUT UNDER THE BLOW OF DENSE 10-INCH GUNS, 8-INCH GUNS, AND EVEN A LARGE NUMBER OF 105MM GUNS, THE TWO BATTLESHIPS WERE STILL IN A BAD SITUATION, AND THE TWIN 8-INCH GUN TURRETS IN THE BOW OF THE OLYMPIA WERE SMASHED INTO A BURNING IRON BOX BY CLOTHES AH 227MM SHELLS NOT LONG AFTER THE BATTLE! The shell hit the seam of the turret armor, and the violent impact directly tore a gap, and then both guns were finished.

It was a very bad feeling to shoot a hole, and both Majifen and Shelly could feel that the situation was deteriorating step by step. Originally, it was planned to let the protective cruisers behind open the situation, but who knew that the New York was so bad, if it didn't have the full support of Olympia, I'm afraid it would be finished faster than the Rurik! And when the strongest Olympia was transferred, the Americans were surprised to find that their remaining four protective cruisers and the three protective cruisers of the Japanese Navy did not have an advantage in the battle!

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